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Alchornea hirtella
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Aberfoyle, near Canaan Village
Photo: Mark Hyde
Aberfoyle, near Canaan Village
Photo: Mark Hyde
Aberfoyle, near Canaan Village
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| Synonyms: |
Alchornea floribunda Müll. Arg. var. glabrata Müll. Arg. Alchornea glabrata (Müll. Arg.) Prain |
| Common names: | Forest bead-string (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rather spindly shrub or small tree. Bark smooth, pale grey; branches often lax, sometimes with aerial roots. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblanceolate, 5-20 cm long, light green, single-veined from the base; young leaves reddish with short soft hairs; base with a pair of glands on the upper surface; margin irregularly and shallowly toothed; petiole up to 2 cm long, swollen at both ends. Stipules bristle-like. Flowers in terminal and axillary panicles, unisexual in different inflorescences on the same plant or on different plants. Male flowers minute, orange-yellowish, with 2 sepals, usually in terminal (rarely axillary) panicles. Female flowers greenish with red styles, in shorter more spike-like inflorescences. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, c. 10 mm in diameter, smooth, green to brown when ripe. |
| Type location: |
Guinea and Liberia |
| Notes: | The taxon occurring in Zimbabwe and Mozambique is f. glabrata (Müll. Arg.) Pax & K. Hoffm. |
| Derivation of specific name: | hirtella : finely and minutely hairy |
| Habitat: | In the understorey of evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 400 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in more humid parts of tropical Africa |
| National distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 4 February 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 431. Alchornea hirtella forma glabrata (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 4. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 21. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 252. Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 254. (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 173. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 40. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 152. as Alchornea hirtella forma hirtella and forma glabrata Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 84 - 85. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 73. |
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